âHe really wanted me to be part of that bike culture, and I tried my best,â she says. She had two bikes (he owned seven or eight), and they shared a tandem. âWe had a lot of great rides together â to Red Hook, up the West Side boardwalk, up along Kent to Greenpoint.â But then there were the not-so-great ones, like the time they rode out to Fort Tilden from Williamsburg, where they had found an apartment together. âA lot of people do it,â she says. âBut Justin got lost, and we were literally biking on the highway. Iâm an okay biker, but I was really scared. We got to Fort Tilden, and I was shaking.â An afternoon spent at the beach calmed her nerves, but when it came time to head home that evening, they ended up calling his mom, who came and picked up Adrienne and her bike. Justin rode back by himself. âJustin would have never ridden in a car with me,â she says. âThat would have never been an option.â Soon they were leaving dinners and parties separately because she didnât like biking at night after sheâd been drinking. âIt didnât feel like we were a team,â she says.
How Bikes Are Putting Distance Between New York City Couples (via organizingthesoup)
